In the paper On the homology of configuration spaces, Bodigheimer-Cohen-Taylor, Topology 1989, Section 2.5, line 6 - line 8:
Question: How to prove this claim?
My attempt: I tried to prove that when ...

At the first page of the following article http://arxiv.org/pdf/1004.1018v1.pdf [edit: the formula on the arXiv differs from the formula in the published paper, and the formula displayed below is the ...

This is some sort of "follow-up" to the (unanswered) question posted here.
Let's denote $$\varphi :O(2n)\rightarrow O(2n);A\mapsto det(A)\cdot A.$$
Then $\varphi $ is an automorphism of $O(2n)$, and ...

Suppose that we have two closed n-manifold $M$ and $N$ such that
the topological group of homeomorphisms $Homeo(M)$ is homotopy equivalent to $Homeo(N)$ (maybe as topological groups if needed), can ...

In John Rognes' Galois theory monograph he constructs something called the Hopf-cobar complex for a coalgebra object $H$ (in spectra) and a comodule algebra $X$. It is, intuitively, the object whose ...

To elaborate on the question from the title, $\mathbb{R}_\delta$ is the additive group of real numbers (without any topology) and $K(\mathbb{R}_\delta,n)$ is an Eilenberg-MacLane space. I would like ...

Write $H^*(\mathbb{R}P^\infty; \mathbb{Z}_2) = \mathbb{Z}_2[\alpha]$, $\deg \alpha = 1$. What is $Sq^i(\alpha^j)$ for all $i$ and $j$? I am not an algebraic topologist by trade but need to know this ...

I have seen both definitions and this is getting me more and more confused.
Are Chern classes dual to the degeneracy cycles of smooth sections or holomorphic?
They can't be the same thing, can they?
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Let $X$ be a connected hyperbolic 3-manifold (without boundary), $S^3$ the 3-sphere and $Map(X,S^3)$
the space of continuous maps between $X$ and $S^3$.
Question: Is the space $Map(X,S^3)$ connected ...

I am trying to understand some properties of categories enriched in homotopy types, and the following question has become important:
When we take the loop-space of a (connected) homotopy type, we get ...

Let $M$ be a $n$ manifold such that $\pi_k(M)$ is non trivial. What can we expect about the regularity of a representant $f:S^k\rightarrow M$ of a non-trivial cycle? For example, if $M$ is a manifold ...

It is known (follows for example from Proposition 4.2 of Simplicial Homotopy Theory by Goerss and Jardine) that a Kan-fibration can be defined as a map having the right lifting property with respect ...

I'm willing to work in the category of compactly generated Hausdorff spaces.
The ordinary geometric realization of a simplicial space commutes with taking pullbacks and preserves the terminal object, ...

I have several related questions regarding homological vs. cohomological dimension of a space/group (this is not a duplicate of this).
The standard definition of the cohomological dimension $cd(X)$ ...

Let $G$ be a finite group. Let $X$ and $Y$ be two $G$-CW complexes with known integer graded $G$-equivariant Bredon cohomology with constant coefficient systems. Is there any Künneth formula for this ...

Suppose $\xi$ and $\eta$ are oriented vector bundles over a CW-complex $B$. Is it possible to express the Thom class (with ${\mathbb Z}$ coefficients) of $\xi\otimes \eta$ or even ${\rm Sym}^2(\xi)$ ...

Let $f:X\to Y$ be a pointed map of pointed connected $n$-dimensional CW complexes. Whitehead's theorem says that if $f_*:\pi_qX\to \pi_qY$ is an isomorphism for $q\le n$ and a surjection for $q=n+1$, ...

I hope this post enjoys some tolerance, and don't get closed or put on hold immediately.
I believe that freedom of speech in scientific discussions is one of the key values which enriches the debates ...